Abyss – The Loss of the Face

Edward Munch - The Kiss of Death

“If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Frank Auerbach - R.B. Kitaj

…the face is being absorbed into abstract space

Frank Auerbach - Helen Gillespie

…the abyss is swallowing the face

Max Beckmann - Stepping back from the Abyss

…a temporary regression, escape from the absolute emptiness

Francis Bacon - Head IV

…ascending screaming into black hell

Leon Kossof - Portrait of Phillip

….turning into mud

Klee - Embrace

… the embrace is another way out

Edward Munch - Death and Love

… but it could be the wrong one